Texas AG Ken Paxton impeachment

[powerboatr]

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27 ... y-general/

The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.

whollllllly cowburgers

[The Annoyed Man]

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27 ... y-general/

The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.

whollllllly cowburgers

I’ve been aware for some time that he’s been under fire before, but I’m not familiar with the specific accusations against him. What are the specific allegations?

[flowrie]

20 charges.
No evidence, no sworn witnesses.
A kangaroo court.
Notified lynn Stucky that he will never again receive my vote.
Just a RINO.

[powerboatr]

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27 ... y-general/

The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.

whollllllly cowburgers

I’ve been aware for some time that he’s been under fire before, but I’m not familiar with the specific accusations against him. What are the specific allegations?

lots of accusations of all kinds of stuff
it was really weird , weds the panel made a decision them BAM sat its on
bribery, hiding money, using state funds for a defense etc.. i think he peeed offf someone in DC

[Chemist45]

From what I hear it is all the same accusations they tried to hit him with before the last election. Nothing stuck and there is no evidence.
And the person he Peeeed off is Dade Phelan - the RINO speaker of the Texas house who puts Democrats in charge of important committees.
Phelan was obviously drunk on the job and Paxton called on him to resign.

[LDB415]

Karma needs to give a full load high pressure dump on that trash Phelan. I'm donating money to anyone running against him next time. Where can we see the vote on this to see how ours voted?

[OneGun]

Unless Paxton resigns, we'll learn the details of the charges at the trial in the Senate. My only issue is the distraction this creates and gives the Demoncrats more fodder during an election year.

[Paladin]

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27 ... y-general/

The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.

whollllllly cowburgers

I’ve been aware for some time that he’s been under fire before, but I’m not familiar with the specific accusations against him. What are the specific allegations?

lots of accusations of all kinds of stuff
it was really weird , weds the panel made a decision them BAM sat its on
bribery, hiding money, using state funds for a defense etc.. i think he peeed offf someone in DC

Yes. You don't have to look hard to see Paxton has irritated a boat load of swamp creatures and leftists.

Crucially he worked very hard to keep the elections in 2020 honest:



The Dems can't steal as many votes with him in office... He also claims an 80% success rate everytime he sues DC. That would also make Paxton a major target.

[FrogFan]

Karma needs to give a full load high pressure dump on that trash Phelan. I'm donating money to anyone running against him next time. Where can we see the vote on this to see how ours voted?

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27 ... ment-vote/

I'm in District 91, and Stephanie Klick voted to impeach. She's a Dade Phelan supporter. I voted against her in the most recent primary. It went to a runoff and her opponent lost. I will vote against her again, for sure.

[LDB415]

I'm in 129, Dennis Paul, who voted No. I'm not always satisfied with him but am in this case. Good luck ridding yourself of Klick.

[The Annoyed Man]

Karma needs to give a full load high pressure dump on that trash Phelan. I'm donating money to anyone running against him next time. Where can we see the vote on this to see how ours voted?

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27 ... ment-vote/

I'm in District 91, and Stephanie Klick voted to impeach. She's a Dade Phelan supporter. I voted against her in the most recent primary. It went to a runoff and her opponent lost. I will vote against her again, for sure.

Ditto. She’s my rep too, and I’m not happy about it.

[philip964]

He seemed to be doing a good job of filing the right kind of lawsuits against Brandon. I was pleased with his work.

I remember a while ago he had some charges levied against him for shady business dealings before he was AG. It sounded like business deals gone bad and people upset with losing money. Not disclosing a financial interest etc., failure to register securities, etc.

This sounds different.

Why is Dairy Queen involved?

[C-dub]

I'm catching up here.

The House suspended him and sent Articles of Impeachment to the Senate without hearing any evidence or testimony? Right?

Now, the Senate will have evidence presented and hear testimony, hopefully, right? Then they can what? Uphold the suspension by finding him guilty and remove him or find him "not guilty" and return him to office? It seems like if the later happens, which is probably the most likely since he's been accused of all those things before without any or enough evidence to convict him, then he'll be back at work soon and all those that voted to impeach him will have to explain their actions. Is that about right?

[wheelgun1958]

Can't find the roll call.

[cherokeepilot]

How the Texas House voted on Ken Paxton’s impeachment
There were 149* Texas House members eligible to vote. A majority was needed to impeach.

Total Rep. Dem.
Needed to impeach
Support 121 60 61
Against 23 23 0
Present not voting 2 1 1
Absent 3 1 2
Dist. Representative Yes No
R-1 Gary VanDeaver Y
R-3 Cecil Bell Jr. N
R-4 Keith Bell Y
R-5 Cole Hefner Y
R-6 Matt Schaefer N
R-7 Jay Dean Y
R-8 Cody Harris Y
R-9 Trent Ashby Y
R-10 Brian Harrison N
R-11 Travis Clardy N
R-12 Kyle Kacal Y
R-13 Angelia Orr Y
R-14 John Raney Y
R-15 Steve Toth N
R-16 Will Metcalf Y
R-17 Stan Gerdes Y
R-18 Ernest Bailes Y
R-19 Ellen Troxclair Y
R-20 Terry M. Wilson Y
R-21 Dade Phelan Y
D-22 Christian Manuel Y
R-23 Teresa Leo Wilson N
R-24 Greg Bonnen Y
R-25 Cody Thane Vasut Y
R-26 Jacey Jetton Y
D-27 Ron Reynolds Y
R-28 Gary Gates Y
R-29 Ed Thompson N
R-30 Geanie W. Morrison N
R-31 Ryan Guillen Y
R-32 Todd Hunter Y
R-33 Justin Holland Y
D-34 Abel Herrero Absent
D-35 Oscar Longoria Y
D-36 Sergio Muñoz Jr. Y
R-37 Janie Lopez Y
D-38 Erin Elizabeth Gámez Y
D-39 Armando “Mando” Martinez Y
D-40 Terry Canales Y
D-41 Bobby Guerra Y
D-42 Richard Peña Raymond Y
R-43 J.M. Lozano Y
R-44 John Kuempel Y
D-45 Erin Zwiener Y
D-46 Sheryl Cole Y
D-47 Vikki Goodwin Y
D-48 Donna Howard Y
D-49 Gina Hinojosa Y
D-50 James Talarico Y
D-51 Maria Luisa Flores Y
R-52 Caroline Harris N
R-53 Andrew S. Murr Y
R-54 Brad Buckley Y
R-55 Hugh D. Shine Y
R-56 Charles “Doc” Anderson N
R-57 Richard Hayes Present not voting
R-58 DeWayne Burns Y
R-59 Shelby Slawson N
R-60 Glenn Rogers Y
R-61 Frederick Frazier Y
R-62 Reggie Smith Y
R-63 Ben Bumgarner Y
R-64 Lynn Stucky Y
R-65 Kronda Thimesch Y
R-66 Matt Shaheen Y
R-67 Jeff Leach Y
R-68 David Spiller Y
R-69 James Frank Y
D-70 Mihaela Plesa Y
R-71 Stan Lambert Y
R-72 Drew Darby Y
R-73 Carrie Isaac N
D-74 Eddie Morales Jr. Y
D-75 Mary E. González Y
D-76 Suleman Lalani Y
D-77 Evelina “Lina” Ortega Y
D-78 Joe Moody Y
D-79 Claudia Ordaz Perez Y
D-80 Tracy King Y
R-81 Brooks Landgraf Y
R-82 Tom Craddick N
R-83 Dustin Burrows Y
R-84 Carl Tepper Y
R-85 Stan Kitzman Y
R-86 John Smithee N
R-87 Four Price N
R-88 Ken King Y
R-89 Candy Noble Y
D-90 Ramon Romero Jr. Y
R-91 Stephanie Klick Y
D-92 Salman Bhojani Y
R-93 Nate Schatzline N
R-94 Tony Tinderholt N
D-95 Nicole Collier Y
R-96 David Cook Y
R-97 Craig Goldman Y
R-98 Giovanni Capriglione Y
R-99 Charlie Geren Y
D-100 Venton C. Jones Y
D-101 Chris Turner Y
D-102 Ana-Maria Ramos Y
D-103 Rafael M. Anchía Y
D-104 Jessica González Y
D-105 Thresa “Terry” Meza Y
R-106 Jared Patterson Y
D-107 Victoria Neave Criado Y
R-108 Morgan Meyer Y
D-109 Carl Sherman Y
D-110 Toni Rose Y
D-111 Yvonne Davis Y
R-112 Angie Chen Button Y
D-113 Rhetta Andrews Bowers Y
D-114 John Bryant Y
D-115 Julie Johnson Y
D-116 Trey Martinez Fischer Y
D-117 Philip Cortez Y
R-118 John Lujan Y
D-119 Elizabeth “Liz” Campos Y
D-120 Barbara Gervin-Hawkins Y
R-121 Steve Allison Y
R-122 Mark Dorazio N
D-123 Diego Bernal Y
D-124 Josey Garcia Y
D-125 Ray Lopez Y
R-126 E. Sam Harless N
R-127 Charles Cunningham N
R-128 Briscoe Cain Y
R-129 Dennis Paul N
R-130 Tom Oliverson Absent
D-131 Alma A. Allen Y
R-132 Mike Schofield N
R-133 Mano DeAyala Y
D-134 Ann Johnson Y
D-135 Jon E. Rosenthal Y
D-136 John H. Bucy III Y
D-137 Gene Wu Y
R-138 Lacey Hull Y
D-139 Jarvis D. Johnson Y
D-140 Armando Lucio Walle Y
D-141 Senfronia Thompson Y
D-142 Harold V. Dutton Jr. Present not voting
D-143 Ana Hernandez Y
D-144 Mary Ann Perez Y
D-145 Christina Morales Y
D-146 Shawn Nicole Thierry Absent
D-147 Jolanda Jones Y
D-148 Penny Morales Shaw Y
D-149 Hubert Vo Y
R-150 Valoree Swanson N